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Another Listicle Tag Post

I was tagged by Darque Dreamer Reads on this really fun tag! Thank you so much, I am quite excited to answer this one! In case you don’t know her blog, Darque Dreamer has one really stylish blog, writes really great reviews and takes absolutely gorgeous pictures of books! Plus, she rates her books in fairies, so… what are you waiting for to visit her blog?

What is the Listicle Tag?

The listicle tag is a post that contains a list format for a topic or set of questions.

Rules

Create your own listicle tag, using the prompt from the person who tagged you.

Tag the creator of the post (not-so-modern-girl!) so that she can read all your brilliant posts and see how the joy of listicles is being spread.

Nominate as many people as you want!

Set those people the subject/prompt of their listicle post!

Darque Dreamer Prompt

Choose 5 books, television shows, or movies that your opinion of is different from the popular opinion.

I have answered the Unpopular Opinions Tag in this post, so I did my best not to mention the same books!

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley is a well-beloved science-fiction dystopia which explores a world in which the government controls the population by making them… happy. I will not linger much here, as I have a review on this book coming up soon, but – I just didn’t get into the hype. The story felt inconsistent and written at different paces randomly, I didn’t relate to the characters (especially not the Savage) and although I appreciate the innovation and creativity of the book, I thought it was just meh.

I read Wreckage by Emily Bleeker last year on my free trial of Prime Unlimited at Amazon, and after having loaded it in my device, I read a few reviews – and oh, they were not so good. So I was very surprised when I did enjoy this book! It tells the story of an airplane accident, and its survivors ending up in an island with nothing but hope that they would be rescued one day. It was very entertaining, I really cared about the main characters and I was anxious for their well-being throughout the whole story. I think Emily Bleeker did a really good job with this one!

So, Me Before You has a 4.27 rating in Goodreads, and most people I know love this book so much. I was curious and conceded to the hype: but it was not a book for me. I did not get too emotional with this book and I thought Louisa had a really hard time putting herself in someone else’s shoes. I did not like Will at all, and found Louisa a little hard to relate to as well. She’s too Type B for my Type A personality. I do have to say I read this book very quickly, and the story flows very well. But for what I had read about it before, I expected something different.

I am not entirely sure this will count as an unpopular opinion anymore, since back when I read it The Light of the Fireflies had only stellar reviews, and now I see its rating seems to have lowered. This book tells the story of a boy who is raised in a basement with his family, without ever seeing the outside world. I liked this book so much in the beginning, that the ending (which I won’t spoil) felt like a betrayal. I hated the ending so much that the whole story that comes before could not save it from receiving a 1-star review.

I think some of you will be quite shocked by this one as well, but I really didn’t like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I read all the books, for three reasons: I had already bought the entire collection anyways, the books are short, and I wanted to read volume #6, which was written by Eoin Colfer. The problem for me is that the humor in these books is far too absurd for my taste – I prefer subtle, sarcastic humor. Once again, most people I know love this book so much that I kept reading and wondering if the problem was with me, but I’ve come to terms with the fact that absurd humor isn’t for me.

My prompt

Choose 5 books you loved because of where they are placed (can be either real or fictional world).

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12 thoughts on “Another Listicle Tag Post”

Interesting Tag! Thank you so much for tagging me, Naty! But boy, your prompt is kind of tough! lol
5 books I love because of where they are placed… can it be a time period?? Geez, need to put a creative hat on… lol Thanks for the tag, I’ll definitely do it!

Yes sure!! Sorry it is tough, I had in mind for example that I loved Flame in the Mist’s world so much, also HP & other fantasy series, so I thought it’d be an easy one. But do it any way it seems easier for you 🙂 Also you don’t need to answer if you prefer not to!

Haha I think for me it is a really hard thing to give 1 🌟 to The Light of the Fireflies! Why? Because I like I so much. I am not saying that you should like it or anything but OMG I was so intrigued and so hocked from the beginning!! And I did not mind the ending that much, it is a kind of ending that I wouldn’t have expected haha but I think that the ” bad ones” won…

I have reviewed the book too! I hope you could take a look at it and my blog!

I did enjoy The Light of the Fireflies very much while reading it, but the ending just made me see the whole book in a different light and then I didn’t like it at all anymore… but I am glad you enjoyed it, it was definitely a very creepy, dark and interesting book!

I think while reading Desert Flowes that Paul is really into anti-heroes because, at least on these two books, one does not know from the big picture who is bad or nobody is good 100% or everybody is the good guy under their own eyes. It is weird but I really like it haha

Welcome to my blog! I am Naty, a Brazilian Engineer and book blogger writing from Germany. I read various genres and enjoy coffee, chatting about books and attempting to purge my ever-growing to-read pile.